Method of utilizing domestic and industrial garbage and other refuse



quantityofvoxygen whereby said parts are To all whom may ca m Patented May8,- 1923.

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METHOD or UTILIZING DOMESTIC Ann rnpusmrtrA-L;enuresis ANnQQrHEKREEusEL a Application filed January 27,1921. SerialNo. 440,546. 3

' Be; it known, that l, G usrr Av SorrnossnR; a

citizen of the a German; Republic, residing at Oberschoneweide, near Berlin, Germany, have invented, certa n new and useful 'Im;

\ provements in ,Meth0dS Qf Utilizing Domes-.-

I tie; and; Industrial Garbage and Other Refuse; and Ivdo hereby declare that the] followingiis, a full,, clear-, concise, and} exactv description ofuthe invention, such as Wilh enahle otherst skilled inthe art towhichit includingrsuch, of 'factories 'aand rubbish, is

first: subdivided 1 into 1 certain, lmain-compoappertains-tomake and ,usethe same According to the ,method forming the sub 'jeeteinatter of this invention; the domestic,

and industrial-refuse; as well as othenrefuse,

DBDtSi which, then, are separately: treated whereby great: economical advantages, are.

obtained: and considerable; values-are turned; intoiaccount, for the benefit, of, theigenei'alityp 1 With the utilization of refus and therlike as, hitherto practiced the. refuse, etc, ,isfirst graded and sized upon a: suitablemachine: byuworkmenwho select comparatively val? nable parts andieither burn: theother parts L on disposed of. in some other way. The parts but as-such a materia'l'is but seldom required: 1 for such purpose, thearesidues, accumulate to b burned 'areintrbduced into an; appro priate-fi1rnace suppliedrwith an adequate burned; The thus: producedi'heat is utilized;

for: the generation, of steam/and electricali energy. Y r I .The' incombustibl i residues which contain about per: cent of slag are sometimes utilized for filling up streets and" the like,

Furthermore, great'zeconomical valuesw lie buriediin them. Refuseicombustionfurnaces are expensive and: uneconomical, and only; big cities-have made use of them from hygienic reasons. p 5 How great the quantities of slaggy resi- 3 dues are which areto be-dealt with in the combustion of refuse appears from the fact that therefuse of acity0 f,"say'," one million inhabitants amounts daily torabout 600,000

kilograms, whichcontain about 300,000 kilograms ofslaggyresiduesgthat is 109,500,000

kilograms ii'i a 'year. I

This/kind of disposing of" thei r'efuse is connected with th great disadvantage that the refuse is introducedinto the furnace in unsize'd and ungradedr state, especially with The finerefus contains lbutfvery little; util-i z gout having. been L calorific value of, its; componen a, v x tsiiT jjsren-Q de-rs the WOI'klIlgl Qfthe furna 7 greatly, an;

economical beo a,u'se he, fine pa t'sgwhibh has soon completely 'burned, cover aIId JiiClOS' the coarse parts, asv does (also, the. streetj -r bish, wher ebythe oxygen isjpre'ventedjfr y I getting access:to theycoarse parts nd-render;

inguseful. their calorific power. If. theiconi buSt onQ air, is introduced; into the furnace, blower or the like, fi'neparts arecarriedlaway I I into the flues and the chimney, decreasethe sectional area of these parts, and pollute'the" neighbourhood, of the refuse combustion 79 How largethe amount,ofvflueedustfromai I Q refuse combustion plant'is appears frnmpthei fact, that, is; the daily quantity of refuse amounts: to aboutfGQQQOO l ilograms,.,tlien;

600,000 lrilograms of flue-dust; depositinithe; fl-uesandithe like, and verymuchlabora great costs are, entail,ed by,- removing t, dnstzfrom those parts. I l: these: severe. drawbacks; are v b i'at dg by the present improvedmethod which rpm-1, ceeds-as follows: 'i

The total of the refuse, nubbish,,and-g the like, is before being; otherwise; worked;sub?f divided into bulky parts,coarse partspand fine:=parts;.; f q 7 I "Then every: sort-is separately treated;v

Supposing, the refuse and? theo ilike'e is; that ofza city wherechiefiybrownpoaiiisaburned; r I

the refusezconsists ef about, 621% of coarse.v refuse; about 33% of finelrefusaand about' buckets, carpetj-pieces, and thelike).,- The coarse refuse contains about; froniy80 to 85%;

of combustiblei or partly icoml' ustible; parts,

such as'half burned coal and coke, paper, wool, wood, rags vegetablevandyanimalisnbe stances, alsb f'lom 15\to320;% ofiron-Jpartaf pieces of china yand: glass, slag;;and so; on:

able: parts- :01 calorific value, andconsistsof various-ingredients:the chemical constituents of" Which; should always :be': determined by I analysis; Asan exampleone'specimen: was found by analysis to" contain'aabout 25'% of sulfuric acid, 21%ofzlime; ,7:%-.o,f-i'ii0n ,i2%

; I I 117 5 1 v v ili ra,

- parts, as

sulfate of magnesium, and 3% of water. This is merely an example.

The refuse is treated and utilized, corresponding to its composition, as follows:

The coarse refuse is burned with aid of a supply of oxygen and the heat produced is utilized for the generation of steam and electric energy.

It is obvious that the combustion of the coarse refuse which is free of all parts, such as ashes and the like that impedes the com bustion, proceeds considerably better, and that correspondingly more heat and steam and electrical energyis produced as if unsized and ungraded refuse is burned. Furthermore, it is obvious that the bulky parts extremely impede th formation of slag. But although the best possible combustion is obtained, still residues amounting to about of the coarse refuse remain inthe form of slag.

Owing to the separation of the bulky well as of the fine parts, the heat producedby and during the combustion of the coarse refuse-parts can easily act upon the meltable parts of the same, and theremaining slag forms a compact mass which, owing to its particular composition and to the formation of silicates is excellently sulted to act as an agent in the manufacture of mortar. p

f The uncombustible slaggy residues which have sintered are granulated, mixed with a suitable flux, such as lime, catalyzers, and tlielike, and are ground. The pulverulent substance obtained is subjected to an appropriately higher temperature for converting the silicates into a non-refractory form, after having cooled down, an excellent agent forthe manufacture of mortar.

The less sintered sla-ggy residues are mixed either with this mortar or with lime and are'moulded in presses to form bricks which finally are hardened without or with the application-of steam-pressure.

' In order to make my invention more clear,

I refer to the accompanying drawing which shows, by way of example and in diagrammatical representation, a plan of a refusecombustion-plant constructed according to my invention. All phases of the procedure proceed mechanically or automatically and in a completely hygienic .manner free from objection.

The refuse is conveyed to the plant from the street A and delivered at the hall 1 from which it is supplied to the sizing and grading device 2 where it is subdivided into bulky'parts and refuse proper. The metalparts of the former are reduced in bulk by means of a suitable device 3, such as a compressor or baler, and are then glowed in the combustion-chamber of the plan in a hy- 'gienically perfect manner.

The combustible bulky parts, such as basket-rests, carpet-pieces, and the like, are torn to pieces by means of a so-called devil or a similar machine (4) and are admixed to the coarse parts of the refuse.

The refuse which has been'freed from the bulky parts is subdivided, by a sizing and grading machine 5 into coarseparts and fine parts; each ofthese two kinds of. refuse is separately treated upon a specialway and in a special 1113111161;

The coarse parts are conducted to a bin'5 V the boiler-plant 8 where the heat producedis utilized for the generation of steam which then in its turn is employed for the generation of electrical energy in the electrical central-station 9. Part of the electric current produced is consumed for and in the refusecombustion plant whereas the other part is conducted to the [city-net; The unburnt slag-remainders" are cooled upon" the slag granulation place 10,,then" mixed and ground in the mill 11, then burned in the burning chamber 12, 'then'conveyed to and into the mortar bin 13, and finally conveyed away to brick-works. to be worked up into bricks;

The fine refuse is also conveyed to and into a bin 15 where it is stored. When further treated, it is first mixed with flux means such as lime, coke, silicic acid, aluminium, and the like, contained in the bin 17; then the mixture is briquetted i the briquetting-room 18; then the briquettes are dried in the dr i 19,1 65 7 andfinally melted in the melting-chamber 20. The liquid glowing mass is moulded in the moulding-room 21' and the pieces produced are tempered 'in the temperingroom 22, 23 is the store-space for the fin-.

ished stones or bricks from which they are transported off to the building-places.

l Vhen moulding the glowing mass stonepieces may be added to and introduced in it in order to obtain, without any impediment to the structure of the stones or bricks, certain irregularities in order to prevent the stones or bricks from becoming smooth when in use. If colored stone-pieces are added, which may be of different colors, the stones or bricks obtained resemble vari-colored gran'ite andare excellently suited for deco rative purpose in connection-with buildings.

The water necessary for cooling the furnace during the melting operation is thereby heated to about 50 or 60'degrees C. and may be utilized in a. bathing-establishment,

or in a laundry, or for heating rooms and offices, or the like.

Thus, according to the novel method described, the refuse rubbish, and the like,

p which is supplied at 'A .or' from any other place is completely utilized and changed and converted into hi hgrade valuable ,products which are per ectly unobjeotio'nable also from the hygienic point of View and are carried away in finished state at B.

The Whole is a self-containedplant which is of very high value for the economy of the city possessing it.

avlng noW described my invention, What Idesire to secure bya patent of the United States is:

That method of treating city refuse which consists in: removing the bulky portion; of. 1 said refuse, "grading the remainder fin't o'jc coarse combustible I and fine "relatively" in-e I 1f i; I combustible portions, mixing the fine por-q tion With a suitable flux, briquetting' the I mixture and dryingthe'briquettes, burning the coarse portion and-(utilizing the flheat therefrom to melt' fthe briquettes, running f' g the molten briquettes in molds, and finally tempering the mouldedpi'eces. t

have hereunto set n i i In Witness wh reef I my hand.

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